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The student body write a number of newsletters throughout the year. This year the main editor is Kerry O'Sullivan. She is the main driving force behind every issue and ensures a newsletter that we can be proud of.

When applying for any job it is essential to present yourself in the best possible light. We have linked below a sample work experience cover letter and a CV for you to get started on this very important life skill.

The purpose of this procedure is to facilitate the resolution of difﬁculties where they may arise in an agreed and fair manner. The agreement lays out in three stages the process to be followed in progressing a complaint and the speciﬁc timescale to be followed at each stage. The complaints procedure have been agreed with the Association of Secondary Teachers' of Ireland (ASTI) and the Joint Managerial Board (JMB).

Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (August 2015)

Information

The programme consists of Leaving Certificate subjects, together with three compulsory link modules on enterprise education, preparation for work and work experience. Students must take at least 5 Leaving Certificate subjects, one of which must be Irish and a continental language or vocational language module.

The link modules

The link modules are activity-based. They usually take a total of 2 to 3 class periods per week, compared with a Leaving Certificate subject, which generally takes 4 to 5 class periods in a week.

The subject groupings

The subject groupings put regular Leaving Certificate subjects that complement each other into groupings. There are 2 groupings:

Specialist groupings, in which the subject content of each subject is helpful to the other,

Services groupings, where the subjects might work well together from a business or commercial point of view.

Students must take 2 subjects from these groupings.

Assessment and examinations

The Leaving Certificate subjects are examined through the standard Leaving Certificate examination.

The link modules are assessed in a written examination representing 40% of total marks and a portfolio of coursework representing 60% of total marks.

Certification

Students receive the same certificate as other Leaving Certificate students, but their Leaving Certificate includes an additional statement of the results of the link modules (pass, merit or distinction).

Access to further study with the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme

Institutes of Technology and the universities recognise the link modules, as well as the Leaving Certificate subjects, as follows:

Distinction: 70 points

Merit: 50 points

Pass: 30 points

A new grading scheme for the Leaving Certificate will be introduced from 2017. The new scheme means that the Common Points Scale used by the CAO to determine entry into higher education institutions, has also been revised. You can read more on transition.ie.